Improvement in warp-holders



N. HILL.

WARP-HOLDER.

l No.'18z,071. Patented Sept.12.1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

NATHANIEL HILL, 0E LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARP-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,071, datedSeptember 12, 1876; application filed December 16, 1875. i. A

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL HILL, of Lowell, State of Massachusetts,have invented a Warp-Holder, of which the following is a specificationThe object of my invention is to provide a convenient means of holdingthe warp ends securely in position, as required in the variousoperationsduring its manufacture into cloth and consists of a bar or beam having aslot,

F, with again or undercut on one side, in

combination with the rolling-bar B, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4,and cross-section in accompanying drawing.

The figures of drawing all show the same device in slightly variedforms.

Figs. 1 and 3 show forms adapted to more ready application in warp-beamsin present use provided with rectangular slots. F in each figure is theslot, the lines defining it coinciding, in a portion of their extent,with those of the rolling-bar B. G is the gain or undercut. G r is anedge of the rolling-bar B,

| adapted to be placed in the undercut, when the bar-may be rolled, asindicated by the dotted lines, into the groove F. E D is the warp end, Dbeing the free end and E the end which is drawn. The warp ends areplaced on the bar or beam extending slightly over the slot F. The edge Gis placed in the undercut, and over the warp ends, and the bar rolledinto the slot, as indicated by the dotted line H, when the warp will besecured. The warp may then be drawn in the direction as shown in Fig. 1,or that Shown in. Fig. 2, Without loosening the bar. is a portion of thebar or beam.

I claim- V A bar or beam, A, provided with a slot, F, having anundercut, O, in combination with the rolling-bar B, substantially as andfor the purpose described. I

NATHANIEL HILL. Witnesses:

WM. E. WESTALL, A. L.'K1TTEEDGE.

A in each figure

